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(idm) Re: Psy Free (was: E2-E4)

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1999-10-23 01:33Bob Bannister (idm) Re: Psy Free (was: E2-E4)
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1999-10-23 01:33Bob BannisterR. Lim quoted and added: >On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 Echophoria@aol.com wrote: >>In a message dat
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(idm) Re: Psy Free (was: E2-E4)
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R. Lim quoted and added:
quoted 1 line On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 Echophoria@aol.com wrote:>On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 Echophoria@aol.com wrote:
quoted 1 line In a message dated 10/15/1999 3:11:43 PM EDT, johbus@allmusic.com writes:>>In a message dated 10/15/1999 3:11:43 PM EDT, johbus@allmusic.com writes:
quoted 1 line Schulze appeared on one of the early Ash Ra Tempel LPs, I think it was>>> Schulze appeared on one of the early Ash Ra Tempel LPs, I think it was
Join
quoted 1 line Inn...>>> Inn...
quoted 1 line Schulze was a founding member of Ash Ra Tempel - i think it's an offshoot>>Schulze was a founding member of Ash Ra Tempel - i think it's an offshoot
of
quoted 2 lines his previous group, Psy Free. he served as drummer and>> his previous group, Psy Free. he served as drummer and >> all-around-electronics-dude during early gigs and on the first (and
best)
quoted 2 lines A.R.T. album (s/t) ...he definitely wasn't around as late as Join>> A.R.T. album (s/t) ...he definitely wasn't around as late as Join >> Inn (LP4)
quoted 6 lines Join Inn did indeed feature Schulze- apparently Gottsching met up with>Join Inn did indeed feature Schulze- apparently Gottsching met up with >Schulze when they were recording Walter Wegmuller's mighty _Tarot_ and >this prompted some sort of studio reunion later. Never heard of Psy Free, >though it should be noted that Ash Ra Tempel was previously known as the >Steeplechase Blues Band (then, as always, under Gottsching's leadership) >and changed their name (and sound) when Klaus joined up.
Bob sez: Schulze was only "officially" in the band for the first Ash Ra Tempel LP, but the fourth was indeed the result of jam sessions associated with the _Tarot_ recording and Schulze was on it. Psy Free never recorded and predated T. Dream, A.R.T. and Steeplechase - they were supposedly one of the first free-form freakout bands as the nascent psychedelic underground sound began to edge out the predominant "Beat" sound in Germany circa 67-69. They're mentioned in both the Freeman brothers' "Crack in the Cosmic Egg" and Julian Cope's "Krautrocksampler" - the latter misspells "Schulze" as "Schultze" throughout the book, which I just noticed, but you can add that to whatever list of irritations you already have with it. Cope says "the music was somersaulting, trippy and deeply out there" - unless there are tapes I don't know about (write if you do!), I don't know how he knows that. Bob